A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas. The subdivisions of India are Indian subnational administrative units they compose a nested hierarchy of Country subdivisions Indian states and territories frequently A tehsil ( Urdu: تحصیل) (or tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, taluq, mandal) is an Administrative division
District officials include:
- the Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection
- the Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order
- the Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district
Each of these officials is aided by officers of the appropriate branches of state government. The Deputy Commissioner (DC or District Magistrate (DM or District Collector is the head of the revenue administration of an Indian district The District Collector is a Central Indian Government appointee who is in charge of the governance of a district in a state. The Indian Administrative Service ( IAS) is the administrative Civil service of the Indian government. Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services A Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police is an officer belonging to the elite Indian Police Service Indian police redirects here For other uses see Indian police (disambiguation. In Politics, law and order refers to a political platform which supports a strict Criminal justice system especially in relation to Violent crime A Deputy Conservator of Forests or equivalently a Divisional Forest Officer is an officer belonging to the elite Indian Forest Service. The Indian Forest Service ( IFS) is the Forestry service of India. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria See also Nature The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a terminology that is comprised of all living and Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants animals and other organisms
Most districts have a distinct headquarters; Mumbai is an example of a city which, despite coming under a district, does not have a district headquarters, though it does have a Collector. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial
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Naming
The majority of districts are named after their administrative center. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a Union territory of India. Informally the territory's name is often abbreviated to A & N Islands, or ANI Lakshadweep ( (ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്,) the smallest Union territory of India, is a group of islands 200 to 300 km off of the coast of Chandigarh ( ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, चंडीगढ़) also called The City Beautiful Puducherry (formerly; புதுச்சேரி or பாண்டிச்சேரி పాండిచెర్రి പുതുശ്ശേരി Pondichéry is a For the Indian musical form see Dadra. Dadra and Nagar Haveli ( Gujarati: દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી Marathi Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population Daman and Diu ( Gujarati: દમણ અને દિવ Marathi: दमण आणि दीव Portuguese: Damão e Diu is a Union territory India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" or "District" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. Official websites very often use District with a capital D in this context.
City districts
- Ahmedabad District
- Calcutta District
- Chandigarh
- Mumbai City District
- Kanpur (city)
- Pondicherry (city)
Note, Chandigarh is the capital of two states and 1 Union territory. Ahmedabad District is the 5th largest city of India in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India and located on the bank of river Sabarmati Kolkata is an administrative district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Chandigarh ( ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, चंडीगढ़) also called The City Beautiful Mumbai City District (मुंबई जिल्हा is a district of Maharashtra. Kanpur ( Hindi: कानपुर Urdu: کان پور spelled as Cawnpore before 1948 is one of the most populous cities in the north India Puducherry (formerly Pondycherry, French Pondichéry) is a city and a Municipality in Puducherry District in the Indian union
See also
A district is an administrative division of a state in India India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven Union territories (UT The subdivisions of India are Indian subnational administrative units they compose a nested hierarchy of Country subdivisions Indian states and territories frequently Local Governance in India is divided into urban and rural local governanceDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic